Aunt Wang didn't change her mind at the last minute.
She supported Gu Mingzhu only after she heard that she wanted to build a greenhouse. "If we just farm, there will be no future. But if we build a greenhouse, it will be different!"
Growing vegetables in a greenhouse is not afraid of wind or rain, and the temperature is also higher than outdoors.
Aunt Wang continued, "With a greenhouse, the germination rate of seeds is good and the survival rate of seedlings is also high. But greenhouse vegetable cultivation also has a disadvantage..."
Gu Mingzhu said: "It's expensive."
According to current prices, a greenhouse costs 50,000 to 60,000 yuan per acre.
There is a lot of land in rural areas, but ordinary people don't have much money in their pockets.
Prices are rising every month, but wages are like they have been injected with growth hormone and have not increased in the past three years.
Aunt Wang nodded, "But my brother from my mother's side runs a greenhouse business. If you really want to do it, I'll tell him. You can buy it on credit first, and I'll be your guarantor!"
When Gu Mingzhu heard this, her eyes widened. "Aunt, one acre of land costs fifty or sixty thousand, which is not a small amount! And your family is not doing well. If you guarantee me, aren't you afraid that I will run away?"
"Besides, your parents-in-law..."
Yesterday she heard Aunt Wang's parents-in-law scolding her for not paying the filial piety money slowly this month.
If her parents-in-law knew that she had guaranteed them, they would have a huge fight! ?
Aunt Wang was no fool. She said, "Mingzhu, I watched you grow up. I know you're not that kind of person. But I'm not guaranteeing you for nothing. I have a request."
"What's the request?" Gu Mingzhu asked.
Aunt Wang pointed to the land under her feet and said, "No matter how many acres of greenhouses you build, you must leave three-tenths of land for me to farm."
Everyone's vegetables have not grown well in the past few months. The prices are good, but the yield is low and the income is even lower than in the previous months.
With the Chinese New Year just a few months away, she also wanted to save some money to buy new clothes for her two daughters.
She had thought about building a greenhouse a long time ago.
But the family was in such a difficult situation. Her husband was still ill and couldn't do manual labor, and the two children needed money to go to school.
With her monthly income from selling vegetables, she could already spend it, let alone save it.
Gu Mingzhu listened to what Aunt Wang said and nodded without hesitation, "Aunt, I want to get four acres of land, but you don't have to give me a guarantee. I will give you the money, but you have to ask your brother to give me a discount!"
Four acres of land! ?
Now it was Aunt Wang who was surprised. "Four acres of land costs a lot of money! You can't make that much money even if you work at a wholesale store for half a year!"
Even if his brother gave her a discount and only charged her 40,000 for one acre of land, four acres of land would be 160,000!
This is not a small amount!
Gu Mingzhu said: "It is definitely not enough to rely on what I earn from working. But doesn't the government support us ordinary people to grow crops? I heard that I can get a loan. I will go to the bank to ask after work tomorrow."
"If it's not approved, I will mortgage my house!"
Aunt Wang is right, vegetable prices will definitely be higher during the Chinese New Year than they are now.
She had to hurry up and finish building the greenhouse, and then plant the vegetables.
When she has grown to a certain scale, she can openly sell the vegetables in the space.
Mortgage your house?
Aunt Wang thought this was a bit risky.
But seeing that Gu Mingzhu was determined to build a greenhouse, she said, "I will definitely negotiate a discount for you, but you don't have to leave the land for me."
Mingzhu pays for it herself and doesn't need to provide her own guarantee, so she can't take advantage of this.
"That won't work!" Gu Mingzhu said, "If you hadn't helped me find this channel, I wouldn't have been able to get the discount! I will definitely keep this land for you!"
"Besides, the weather is even colder before and after the Chinese New Year, and it's even harder to grow vegetables without a greenhouse. The Chinese New Year is short, and school will start in the blink of an eye. The tuition fees for two children are not small..."
Gu Mingzhu knew very well that it was not excessive for Aunt Wang to ask for these three acres of land.
If she hadn't helped, it would be great if they didn't cut the price a bit more, not to mention the discounts!
Aunt Wang didn't hesitate to say, "Okay, since you said that, I'll go find my brother tomorrow!"
"Tomorrow is the deadline for your aunt to return the land. Once she returns the land, I will let my brother start the work!"
"As for the money, give it to him once you get the loan!"
After the two of them had discussed it, they went back to their work.
Fearing that her vegetables would be stepped on by the people behind her when they built greenhouses, Gu Mingzhu specially scattered the seeds in the middle of the two acres of land and built ridges to facilitate future identification.
After finishing her work, Gu Mingzhu went straight home.
As soon as she arrived at the gate of the yard, she saw Minghua cooking and reading in the kitchen.
She put down the hoe and went into the kitchen. "Didn't I tell you to rest in bed? Why are you in the kitchen?"
Minghua was reading so intently that he didn't notice his sister had returned home.
Now that Gu Mingzhu spoke, he came back to his senses.
The little guy said, "You have to go to the wholesale shop to work in the middle of the night, so you have to eat and go to bed early. I was afraid that you would come back too late and too tired, so I cooked."
Otherwise, the old people always say that children from poor families grow up early!
Children in the city may not know how to cook even when they are 17 or 18 years old.
But Minghua had just started primary school, and he had already done all the housework.
Gu Mingzhu patted his head and said, "Okay, let's eat early then."
Gu Mingzhu didn't cook rice for lunch.
First, there was not much rice at home.
Second, there was too much food at lunch and neither of them finished it.
Gu Mingzhu originally thought of eating the dishes she had eaten at lunch for dinner.
But Minghua cooked rice and served most of it to her.
Just as she was about to give him some, the little guy said seriously, "Sister, working at the wholesale point is tiring, and you need to eat enough."
Seeing him like this, Gu Mingzhu put some meat on him: "Okay, sister eats more rice, and you eat more meat. When I come back tomorrow, we will stew the pig's trotters, okay?"
"good!"
After dinner, Gu Mingzhu accompanied him to read a book for a while, and then let the little guy wash up and rest.
She was tired after a long day and was very sleepy.
After washing up, I fell asleep as soon as I hit the bed.
At 4:30 in the morning, as soon as the alarm clock rang, Gu Mingzhu got up immediately.
At this time, the system had already sorted out the 3,000 kilograms of spinach and 3,000 kilograms of radishes she wanted.
As soon as she went out, she saw the vegetables neatly arranged in the yard.
The car would arrive at the earliest at five o'clock, and Gu Mingzhu was not in a hurry at all at the moment.
She made breakfast and ate it slowly.
After waiting for a while, the car finally arrived.
When the car arrived, she followed everyone to load the vegetables.
She originally thought that after delivering the vegetables to the wholesale point and selling them to Boss Zhang, she could go directly to the bank.
But just as the car arrived at the wholesale point, she was stopped by several people before she even saw Boss Zhang!